Bradley James is an English actor. Debuting in 2008, his breakthrough role as Arthur Pendragon in Merlin came later that year. He has since appeared in Homeland and iZombie, and will star as the title character in the upcoming Damien. Film roles include Carl in Fast Girls in 2012 and a villain in the future Underworld: Next Generation. read More»

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The thriller series follows the adult life of Damien Thorn a world-renowned war photographer who gets his adrenaline fix by putting himself in extreme situations. He's brilliant, rugged, and can charm his way into and out of any situation.

Last chapter. Vampires and Lycans regain original forces to create a new species of half breeds created by Alexander Corvinus. Michael regains his memories and searches for Selene and his daughter. Humans and the new species live in a new peace.

Added to the gallery some pictures of Bradley attending the panel of Damien at WonderCon 2016 at the Los Angeles Convention Center on March 25, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Credits for some images to amelourdes and Far Far Away. Enjoy!

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WonderCon 2016 will be held March 25, 26, and 27 (Easter weekend), at the Los Angeles Convention Center, located at 1201 South Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90015.

Friday’s big programs include spotlights on some of our special guests, amazing comics-oriented programs, and movie and TV fare such as iZombie, Containment, Stitchers, Shadowhunters, Preacher, Damien, the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows movie. Animated shows such as Bob’s Burgers, Teen Titans Go!, Clarence, Uncle Grampa, and the new series Bordertown are also represented. See the complete Friday schedule by clicking here.

Join the Damien cast and executive producer Glen Mazarra ( The Walking Dead, The Shield) on Good Friday for a special preview of the newest episode before it airs Monday on A&E; followed by a Q&A.

If Bradley James found governing Camelot tough, his stress levels must be through the roof as he leads us toward Armageddon.

Okay, maybe we’re foisting too much pressure on the 32-year-old Brit, an affable enough fellow who would seem to have humanity’s overall well being in mind, but, you know, he is the Antichrist. Or at least he plays one on TV.

First gaining popular acclaim co-starring as Arthur Pendragon in Merlin before going on to a recurring role in iZombie, he now finds himself center stage in the title role of Damien, the series developed by Glen Mazzara of The Shield and The Walking Dead.

A sequel to Richard Donner’s 1976 horror classic The Omen, Damien effectively ignores the big screen follow-ups Damien: Omen II (1978) and Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) and, instead, picks up 25 years later with Damien Thorn, a photo journalist who has built a career covering human suffering around the world, somehow coming away from it all physically unscathed. But on his 30th birthday he’s approached by the mysterious Ann Rutledge (Barbara Hershey), who begins to make him aware of his true identity as “The Beast”, AKA the Antichrist. What follows is Damien’s desperate attempt to hold on to his humanity despite the efforts of various factions who either want to destroy him or help him embrace his destiny.

In the following exclusive interview, James reflects on what drew him to the project and Damien’s evolution over the course of this first 10-episode season.

What was it about Damien that drew you to the project?

I keep saying that Glen Mazzara has a very warped mind. but it’s also a very honest mind. It’s not warped for the sake of being weird, it’s just honest in weird situations. I liked the fact that he’d written a great deal of humanity to this character who wasn’t just sort of a cut and dry, “This guy’s the Antichrist and therefore he’s bad.” He’d written all these different colors to this character, and when I met Glen I realized he was a true collaborator. That can be a bit of a rarity, certainly to the degree he takes it. It was a very enjoyable experience.

You mentioned Damien’s humanity. I’ve seen the first five episodes and in the first few, things remain fairly enigmatic. But when you get to the fifth episode, where Damien is connecting with a war vet who wants to die, it shone a spotlight on that humanity in a way that was different from the episodes that preceded it.

Alex McCooeye, who played the war vet, is an actor Glen had in his back pocket to work with. Once he got on set, you could see why. In terms of the script, it was one of the best things I’ve ever read. It was a very exciting script that put Damien in a position where he’d have to make a decision on whether or not to help this guy kill himself. As a result, I think the audience will probably find themselves sort of sympathizing with the Antichrist, which is probably not something they expected to do.

The other interesting thing is that for those first few episodes, Damien comes across as something of a victim of his circumstances. Sort of, “Why me? Why do I have to be the Antichrist?” But there is one moment when a cop threatens him and in response Damien suddenly comes back from a position of strength, projecting real power as he not so subtly threatens the cop and gets him to back down.

There’s a lot of examples today in the world of people getting a voice and suddenly feeling they have power, and social media is a huge part of that venue. You see that they don’t quite have a refined quality with it, quite often, because they’re not used to it and they don’t know how to properly harness that thing. With Damien, there’s still very rough edges around how to use that voice, but, again, it’s part of that discovery for him. It’s not so much that at that point he’s in acceptance of what he is, but it’s the same as being backed into a corner. He’s obviously not afraid to use it when it suits him.

In terms of being a victim of circumstance, I think that’s a very good way of putting it, because I compare Damien to you and I, to your everyday man, in the sense of that humanity in him. He makes good and bad choices, as we all do. He has good and evil within him, as we all do. His baggage just happens to include the fact that he’s the Antichrist.

That’s some baggage. How would you describe Damien’s arc over the course of the first season?

When we meet him, he’s aware that there’s something about him that’s different without being able to articulate what that is. He’s lived his life on the run from it, but he’s at the point where he can no longer outrun it; things are becoming too loud. He’s surrounded himself with the noise of pain as a world-traveling photographer. That pain follows him around and it has gotten to a point where the noise can no longer be drowned out.Read more »